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CDA: Kelly Preston and Naya Rivera
Kelly Preston was best known as John Travolta's wife, but she was also a wonderful actor. Here's her best scene in her best movie, *Jerry...
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Jul 13, 20202 min read
Open Space recital, 7/11/20
I heard Melissa Reardon (viola) and Raman Ramakrishnan (cello) in an Open Space recital on 7/11/20. This is an online recital series...
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Jul 10, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Desperado"
I love The Eagles, but Linda Ronstadt's recording of "Desperado" is so much better than theirs. Here she is singing it in that 1977...
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Jul 9, 20201 min read
CDA: Kevin Rafferty
Stephanie Jutt (one of my most devoted readers) alerted me to the death of director and producer Kevin Rafferty. Thanks for the alert,...
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Jul 8, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/8/20
Samantha had a look-alike cousin named Serena. Yes, identical cousins, all the way! One pair of matching bookends, different as night and...
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Jul 7, 20202 min read
CDA: Cordero, Daniels, Downs, Morricone
Oh my, so many alerts! Four, to be precise. First is Nick Cordero, the Tony-nominated actor who recently died of COVID-19 at 41. Richard...
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ladiesvoices
Jul 3, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Julie London again
I gave you a 1957 Mystery Guest appearance by Julie London in June, and today I give you two more trips to London, in 1959 and 1961. She...
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ladiesvoices
Jul 1, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/1/20
June was a tribute to those fabulous TV shows from the 50s and 60s. I'm turning over July to our current fixation, *Bewitched.* I always...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 30, 20201 min read
CDA: Carl Reiner
This one made me sad. What a treasure he was, and what a mitzvah to the whole world that he lived as long as he did. He was one of the...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 26, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Barbie a la Mambo"
Here's the last of my homemade videos, and the best one! I took a very short song by Perez Prado, "Mambo #8," and made a video with...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 25, 20201 min read
CDA: Joel Schumacher
Joel Schumacher was a Hollywood director who had his heyday in the 80s and 90s. He planted his flag with *St. Elmo's Fire* and *The Lost...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/24/20
Richard and I found an airing of *Lost in Space,* once a week on Sunday nights at 1 AM. We watched an episode when we got up on Sunday...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 20, 20201 min read
CDA: Ian Holm
The wonderful Ian Holm! I think the first thing I saw him in was *Chariots of Fire,* but I've since seen him in so many wonderful movies:...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Fabulous Friday: Handel meets *Psycho*
The story behind this video is rather involved. I was a big fan of Jill Feldman's recording of "Tra le fere," a show-stopping aria from...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 18, 20201 min read
CDA: Vera Lynn
This was one of those awful cases of, "Jeez, she was still alive?" She was 103, dear old girl. CNN called her "the sweetheart of the...
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Jun 17, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/17/20
Two 1950s housewives: Diva: Lucy Ricardo Mensch: Donna Stone
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Jun 12, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Julie London
Remember last week I said I had something special up my sleeve for the month of June, and I used a Mystery Guest appearance by Julie...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/10/20
Today's pair: Diva: Eddie Haskell Mensch: Wally Cleaver I love that Mrs. Cleaver has never fooled by Eddie, and that Eddie always thought...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Julie London
I have a special treat in store for the Fabulous Fridays in June, and am leading off with an appearance by Julie London as the mystery...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/3/20
The pandemic has led to lots of time at home with Richard, and of course we end up watching a lot of TV. Somehow the dial often turns...
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ladiesvoices
14 hours ago12 min read
*Ladies' Voices,* thirty years later
Today is the 30th birthday of my opera Ladies' Voices. I think of it as my Opus One. I wrote about Ladies' Voices in the context of a...
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5 days ago1 min read
Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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